Jill Biden, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in Wilmington, Del., after Democrats' nomination vote in 2020. Photo: Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images
👀 Many top Democratic donors are carefully watching polls over the next several weeks before deciding whether to call for Biden to be replaced on the party's ticket before the party's convention begins Aug. 19.
📆 But the calendar for any such change is a lot shorter than that.
🗳️ As Axios' Hans Nichols reported in May, Democrats plan to hold a virtual roll call of delegates well before the convention because Ohio requires parties to submit candidates' names for its ballot by Aug. 7.
The roll call could happen as early as July 21, Bloomberg first reported today.
That would mean the window for replacing Biden is here, for just a couple of weeks — and no one's sure how that would work anyway.
Biden's team has been rushing to shore up its support among Democratic officeholders, allies and donors since his debate debacle, while noting the president won nearly 4,000 party delegates in the primaries.
😬 That hasn't tamped down many senior Democrats' anxiety about Biden being a drag on the party's House and Senate candidates — but he is showing no inclination to step aside.
